The midfielder was largely frozen out by Mourinho this season before his move to Chicago Fire earlier this month.

And the Special One said: "I do regret it, yeah. What would I do different? I would let him be in the squad.

"After knowing him as a professional and as a person, the way he was behaving and the way he was respecting my decisions as a manager, yes I regret, and it is no problem for me admitting it and he knows that because I told him."